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annoyance(dictionary)

annoyance (iou)



annoyance noun. LME.
[Old French anoiance, formed as ANNOY noun: see -ANCE.]
The action of annoying; vexing, molestation. LME.
G. White To secure these nests from the annoyance of sheperd boys.
The state of being annoyed; vexation, trouble. E16.
A. Newman Annoyance made her tactless.
Something that annoys, a nuisance. E16.
S. Bellow There are the standard rooming-house annoyances: cooking odours, roaches, and peculiar neighbors.
? Sense 3 earlier as NOYANCE.
annoyancer noun (rare) a person who or thing which causes annoyance M17.